New York Limited Liability Company FAQ

LLCs are governed by New York Laws – Articles 1-14, LLC Law.

How do I form a New York LLC?

File Articles of Organization with the NY Department of State. You can file the articles of organization by mail, fax, in person, or online. Forming an LLC in New York will cost a $200 LLC articles of organization state filing fee.

The New York Department of State will take about 3-4 weeks to process your LLC articles of organization if you file by mail. We recommend filing online because it is processed in one day at no additional cost. Fax filing is also faster, but it is considered auto expedited which means you do have to pay extra.

Publish in a New York newspaper – we have templates you can use and we also have listed different newspapers that we have found to be the cheapest to publish with (New York Publication Requirement Guide). After you publish, the papers will mail you proof of publication. Send your proof of publication, a publication affidavit, and $50 filing fee to the NY Department of State.

What is the total New York LLC cost if I use your service?

Any NY LLC expedite options?

There are several NY expedite options. Processing is completed within 2 days for an extra $75 fee. Same day processing is available for an extra $125 fee. And 2 hour processing is available for an extra $200 fee.

We recommend filing online to take advantage of one day online processing.

You may fax your NY LLC filing and pay the $75 fee for 2 day processing.

Sign up now and we can form your LLC the same day!You will need to obtain a federal tax ID number from the IRS if you would like to hire employees.

Do I need a NY registered agent?

You have the option of designating the Department of State as your agent for service of process. We recommend using a reliable registered agent service. When we receive documents for your NY LLC, we scan and upload them to you account and notify you immediately.

What LLC Forms will I Need?

We know that starting your LLC is not easy. That’s why we provide all the state forms and filing instructions in your online account when you sign up for service. We also provide the following LLC Forms, free of charge:

Experience The Northwest Difference

At Northwest Registered Agent, we do things a little different.

You’ll notice we don’t have packages itemizing a bunch of things you have to do anyway as a means to charge you more. We don’t hit clients with hidden fees or sell add-ons customers don’t need. We also don’t sell client information to third-parties. That’s not how we do business.

Attention New York LLC Clients: Our registered agent office is in Albany. Why does this matter? Because New York LLCs are required to publish a formation notification in a local newspaper, an LLC formed in NYC will have a huge publication fee right off the bat if they use their NYC address on their formation documents. If you hire us, we’ll use our address on your formation documents and you can save hundreds by publishing a notification in an Albany paper (we include instructions in your online account). If you want to use your NYC address on all documents, you can simply file an amendment after you publish your LLC notification. It’s a straightforward process and our Corporate Guides™ are ready to help should you have any questions.

Our company motto is, “We’re just not annoying™” and we’ve gone to great lengths to ensure that our services satisfy and protect our clients.

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We’re serious about our clients’ privacy. When you hire Northwest Registered Agent, we put our address as the point of contact on your formation documents to help protect against security breaches and data theft. We automatically protect our clients’ information, but we can easily list your addresses on public documents like every other business formation website if you’d like.registered-agent-service.html

We don’t sell your information. When going through online signup forms, you’ll often notice little check boxes for “free” offers and services. These are third parties paying that company for a lead. We have absolutely zero income from selling leads. We’ve never had “trusted partners” or sold a lead, and never will.

We will be your registered agent.We will be your registered agent. Most of our competition outsources this service. But as the official contact point of our clients’ business, we think it’s much too important a task to hand off to someone else.

We are the only national registered agent service that locally scans documents to clients in real time. That means we’ve minimized any chance of losing your documents and you’ll get any notifications we receive on your company’s behalf minutes after receipt.

Your LLC will come fully-equipped with everything you need. For no extra charge, we provide you with all the supporting documentation (operating agreement, membership certificates, resolutions, etc) you’ll need to take to a bank to open a business checking account.

We actually like what we do. Our company is a fun mix of computer nerds, paralegals, attorneys, and business formation know-it-alls. You’ll get to talk to these weirdos. Throughout the life of your company we hope you’ll call, email or contact us however you like with questions and comments about your LLC. As weird as it sounds, we love to talk about the business entity formation process and the oddities of state bureaucracy and company maintenance.

So, in short (for those who are skipping around and didn’t read the big paragraphs above), we keep your information as private as possible; we’ll never sell your information to any third party; we don’t outsource our registered agent service; we scan documents from our local offices in real time within minutes of receipt; we don’t use document forwarding hubs; we don’t charge extra for the things we know you’ll need; and when you call you’ll actually talk to someone who knows what they’re talking about. That’s why we think you should hire us to form your New York LLC!